diff --git a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
index 8ee0700a980f33f4c9da593cf816ac8dcca31ad1..5d87afc6058a312bd16a2012b87fcb3624ecc02c 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/tree-log.c
@@ -3379,7 +3379,6 @@ int btrfs_del_dir_entries_in_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	struct btrfs_path *path;
 	int ret;
 	int err = 0;
-	int bytes_del = 0;
 	u64 dir_ino = btrfs_ino(dir);
 
 	if (!inode_logged(trans, dir))
@@ -3406,7 +3405,6 @@ int btrfs_del_dir_entries_in_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 	if (di) {
 		ret = btrfs_delete_one_dir_name(trans, log, path, di);
-		bytes_del += name_len;
 		if (ret) {
 			err = ret;
 			goto fail;
@@ -3421,46 +3419,17 @@ int btrfs_del_dir_entries_in_log(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 	}
 	if (di) {
 		ret = btrfs_delete_one_dir_name(trans, log, path, di);
-		bytes_del += name_len;
 		if (ret) {
 			err = ret;
 			goto fail;
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* update the directory size in the log to reflect the names
-	 * we have removed
+	/*
+	 * We do not need to update the size field of the directory's inode item
+	 * because on log replay we update the field to reflect all existing
+	 * entries in the directory (see overwrite_item()).
 	 */
-	if (bytes_del) {
-		struct btrfs_key key;
-
-		key.objectid = dir_ino;
-		key.offset = 0;
-		key.type = BTRFS_INODE_ITEM_KEY;
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
-
-		ret = btrfs_search_slot(trans, log, &key, path, 0, 1);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			err = ret;
-			goto fail;
-		}
-		if (ret == 0) {
-			struct btrfs_inode_item *item;
-			u64 i_size;
-
-			item = btrfs_item_ptr(path->nodes[0], path->slots[0],
-					      struct btrfs_inode_item);
-			i_size = btrfs_inode_size(path->nodes[0], item);
-			if (i_size > bytes_del)
-				i_size -= bytes_del;
-			else
-				i_size = 0;
-			btrfs_set_inode_size(path->nodes[0], item, i_size);
-			btrfs_mark_buffer_dirty(path->nodes[0]);
-		} else
-			ret = 0;
-		btrfs_release_path(path);
-	}
 fail:
 	btrfs_free_path(path);
 out_unlock: